The big question here is whether Apple is interested in expanding its Touch Bar to a size similar to what Asus has done. The chances of that happening depend on Apple’s willingness to lean towards blending functionalities across iOS and Mac OS, as touchscreens on Macs are still a hot button issue for Tim Cook especially, as he frequently reiterated the company’s stance against any type of iOS/Mac OS convergence.

While Chromebooks may come a little short in respect to even the most entry-level Windows 10 laptop PC or MacBook, the popularity of Chromebooks among budget users, such as students, is understandable, as Chromebooks are capable of fulfilling very basic requirements, with the added bonus of being lean, fast, and instantaneously ready.

ASUS has released a screenshot from benchmark application 3DMark, showing off what has been labeled as “Latest ROG NB”, scoring an impressive 20,811, which blows out of the water three other laptops powered by the top three GPUs on the market: the GTX 980Ti, the Radeon R9 295X2 and the GTX Titan X.